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Digitized Sky Survey image of the Helix Nebula

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eso_eso0907b January 19th, 2012

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the Helix Nebula was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The nebula appears prominently at the centre of the image and many faint galaxies are also visible on careful inspection. The field of view is approximatelly 2.9 x 2.9 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0907b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Helix Nebula • NGC 7293
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 29m 38.5s; DEC = -20° 50’ 14.2”
Orientation: North is 0.4° CCW
Field of View: 3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: eso0907b
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Helix Nebula, NGC 7293
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2012-01-19T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0907b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 337.410585, -20.837271
Reference Dimension: 10582.0, 10582.0

Reference Pixel: 5291.86968135, 5291.86728346
Scale: -0.00028309044, 0.00028309044
Rotation: 0.40549758529
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0907b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0907b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-02-24T16:57:12+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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